The study examined health records of 208 French and Italian children between 6 and 18 years old who entered hospital emergency rooms with migraines and compared them with two other groups of children - those who either didn't have headaches or exhibited less invasive "tension headaches."

“Infantile colic causes pain in babies and high levels of stress in parents. Preventive therapies for migraine could therefore be an option in the future,” study co-author Dr. Luigi Titomanlio of the Robert Debré Hospital in Paris told the Associated Press.

Titomanlio said before doctors could start recommend using migraine treatments for colicky babies, more studies need to be done.